Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 2, Summer 2009 Page: 248
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 2, Summer 2009, periodical, Summer 2009; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1835642/m1/121/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.